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Where to learn swing dancing online?

Online swing dance resources are especially helpful and needed during time of social distancing when majority of dance organizations had to cancel their classes and festivals. There were always a lot of great online platforms with Lindy Hop, Solo Charleston and Balboa courses however during last week teachers and musicians introduced a lot of new forms of teaching, playing and dancing. We tried to gather new and old resources to learn swing dance online, check them out.

1. Join a live class

A lot of great teachers use their own or swing dance schools’ Facebook or Instagram accounts to run live classes online. They usually announce it at least one day before and gather people on the event or just as a post. Please, remember to tip them using Venmo or PayPal if they provide the info!

These happen fast but if you follow people who hosted lives earlier hopefully you will catch one yourself:

2. Private classes online

Email your favorite traveling or local teacher and ask them about the possibility of doing a video class or a feedback on your dancing. They can also help you to prepare a training program or put a choreography together. There is a special google doc dedicated to gathering contact info of full-time teachers hit by the cancellations of events that offer private online classes.

3. Take up a challenge

You can also take part in swing dance challenges. There is a given topic for each day and you work on particular skill among others. You can take a video of your training and publish it in a group where dancers inspire and motivate each other or add it to your social media with a dedicated hashtag.

4. Sign up for an online course

LINDY HOP

Dax and Sarah run the Rhythm Juice platform with a huge amount of material to practice solo and with a partner. They regularly upload new videos. There are two options to choose from – both are very attractive and will surely excite every lindy hopper.

“Kevin and Jo believe that the old saying “practice makes perfect” can be improved upon by applying a small variation, “perfect practice makes perfect.” If you practice something wrong 1,000 times, you’ll be really good and doing it incorrectly. So take the time you need to practice the material correctly. The number one thing that all top level dancers share is training.”

“Syncopated City offers a solution to overwhelm and feeling stuck. A comprehensive library of moves, styling, and variations that you can reference as many times as you need to truly master each move and make it your own. Each lesson is taught by the consistent, clear, and experienced voices of Michael and Evita.” – Syncopated City

“Check our over 200 posts including Patreon Exclusive Lessons like our ‘Compete’ and ‘Slides’ series. Recaps from nearly all of our workshops over the past year as well as fun links to some of our favorite dance clips, dance clip voiceovers and access to the Balboa Training Ground. Our online practice and focus group.” – Mickey

“Balboa Online works with a video streaming service to deliver content to dancers across the world. Our goal is to offer simple, pay-per-video lessons, without the hassle of subscriptions. Once you have purchased a video, you will have access to that video as long as this website is up.” – Balboa Online

“Everything from lessons, demos, personal feedback and much more. Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag and beyond. With your help we can continue to expand and explore the depths of the swing dances.” – Nick Williams